STPI to open 21 centres of excellence in emerging technologies

Bengaluru: Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) on Tuesday launched “IoT OpenLab” a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in IoT at Bengaluru in association with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. STPI is in the process of opening 21 CoEs in emerging technologies across the country.

“Three CoEs Electropreneur Park at Delhi, FinBlue at Chennai and NEURON at Mohali are already functioning and rest of them would be operational in the coming two years,” an STPI statement said.

The CoE will present a huge opportunity for startups in a hyper-connected world to build innovative IoT products and solutions, it said.

IoT OpenLab will focus on creating a robust ecosystem in a collaborative model to nurture startups and drive R&D, innovation & product development in IoT focused on sectors like defence, aeronautics, industrial, agriculture, health, automotive and education, the statement said.